Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
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Rabbi Dovid Katz, PhD is lauded for his extensive knowledge of Jewish History, his engaging and insightful lecture series, and eye opening historical international tours.
Follow him weekly. New content released each week, including Personalities in Jewish History, Insights into Tefillah and Perspectives on the Haftarah and Parshah. Sponsorships of podcasts are available. He can be reached at the following email: rabbidkatz@gmail.com.
https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz
Rabbi Dovid Katz, PhD is lauded for his extensive knowledge of Jewish History, his engaging and insightful lecture series, and eye opening historical international tours.
Follow him weekly. New content released each week, including Personalities in Jewish History, Insights into Tefillah and Perspectives on the Haftarah and Parshah. Sponsorships of podcasts are available. He can be reached at the following email: rabbidkatz@gmail.com.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 19, 2024 • 24min
Haftarah Parshas Ki Savo - Isaiah paints the Jewish Utopia
In the Messianic era, antisemitism will cease, the Jews will be on top, and all of mankind will enjoy peace, prosperity, and enlightenment
Sep 18, 2024 • 51min
The Ben Ish Chai and Baghdad, Pt. 1: Thinking historically about the Ben Ish Chai and the remarkable Jewish community of Baghdad in the 19th century
A city of great Torah Learning, but also haskalah, strife, and the challenges of modernity
Sep 18, 2024 • 26min
Parshas Ki Savo: The Terrible Tochecha - Why is Devarim's worse than VaYikra's?
Moses is addressing the victorious soldiers of three recent wars
Sep 12, 2024 • 31min
Haftarah Ki Seitzei: The woman who medically could not bear children suddenly has sextuplets!
The Jewish People are עֲקוּרָה, uprooted from their native soil, but they will recover it!
Sep 11, 2024 • 31min
Thoughts on the curved shofar vs. the straight shofar
R Katz analyzes the evolution of Rosh Hashanah over the millennia into its current universal form
Sep 10, 2024 • 30min
Parshas Ki Seitzei: Amalek in Our Parsha and the Attack on October 7
פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא: זְכִירַת עֲמָלֵק בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה
Sep 9, 2024 • 59min
The Expulsion from Prague (1745) and The Network of Rich European Jews: A Tale of Achdus, Pt. 2
The richie-rich network in action
Sep 6, 2024 • 29min
Haftarah Parshat Shoftim: Redemption comes to a battered and bloodied Jewish People
Bittersweet - A Glorious Geulah, but a depressed Jewish People scarred by their sufferings in galus
Sep 6, 2024 • 35min
Parshas Shoftim: The False Prophet in Jewish History
The Institutions (Monarchy, Judiciary, Priesthood) vs. Prophecy, which is individualized
Sep 4, 2024 • 52min
The Expulsion from Prague (1745) and The Network of Rich European Jews: A Tale of Achdus, Pt. 1
When all Jews with influence (unlike today) joined together for the sake of Klal Yisroel
